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A62463 The soules solace in times of trouble with severall particular remedies against despaire, collected out of the Psalmes of Daivd, and some short meditations and ejaculations upon the attributes of God, the Lords Prayer, and the tenne commandments / by F. Thorne ... Thorne, Francis, 17th cent. 1643 (1643) Wing T1057A; ESTC R4857 78,097 150

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